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Letters .Patent No. 68,587, dated iScpteniZvcr 10, 1867. i

GGNDUGTORS TICKET-PUNCH...

TO ALL WHOM IT MAY CONCERN:

Be it known that I, JACOB BECK, of the city and county of Philadelphia, and State of Pennsylvania, have invented a new and useful Ticket-Punch for Conductors; and I do hereby declare the following to be a clear and exact description of the nature thereof, sufficient to enable others skilled in the art to which it appertains to fully understand vand use the same, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, making part of this specification, in Which- 4 Figure lisA a side view of the device illustrating my invention.

Figure 2 is a longitudinal vertical section of the parts of the stripper on the lower jaw.

Figure 3 is a horizontal section of the joint of the forceps.

Similar letters of reference indicate corresponding parts in the several igures.

' My invention consists in applying to the stripper a spiral spring enclosed in a rubber cushion or pad, having a metallic disk on its upper side, forming a rest-for the tickets, and holding the elastic cushion steadily in place; also, in the application of a coiled spring to the joint, and which shall be concealedV in the joint, yet

readily accessible; and in the peculiar construction of the joint, as will be hereinafter more ful/lydescrihed.

In the drawings, A and B represent the jaws and handles ci' an ordinary forceps. One jaw is provided- `with the ordinary stripper @dropping into a corresponding opening, l, in the other jaw. Surrounding the stripper is a spiral spring, C, which is enclosed in a iiexible pad or cushion, D. The lower end of the spiral spring is firmly secured to the jaw, and its other end is united to a disk, E, of metal or other suitable material, having a central perforation, through which the stripper will protrude. F represents the joint of the forceps, having a screw-pin or bolt, e, for holding the two parts together, and is circular in form, as at d, cach jaw and handlebeing cut away at its inner ends, asI at d', toit over the circle d, and have shoulders ce to limit `the `play ci" the jaws. On the inner face of the joint both parts of the forceps have two concentric anges or rings,j'g. Their inner faces are in contact, and they move on each other while the tool is being manipulated. Around the inner ilangeg is placed a coil spring, G. The ends of the spring are held in suitable openings h in the circular part of thejoints. The spring is thus encased in the joints of the forceps, but is readily applied s liable to get out of order. The jaws willalivays bc opened for the application oi' the ticket to the stripper. -When pressure is applied to the handies, the jaws will be brought together, and the ticket resting on the metallic disk will be pierced by the stripper, which enters the opening in the other jaw as the disk E, spiral spring C, and flexible pad D are depressed. When the conductor has punched the ticket and releases the handles from pressure, the jaws will immediately open, and the springs c d assuming their original position ivill force the ticket upwards as the stripper moves with its jaw and returns to its place belen1 the disk E, thus entirely freeing the ticket, allowing its withdrawal Without any impediments from the stripper. r)The disk E, while forming a seat for the ticket, ivill steady the motions of the ilexblepad and spiral spring, making them uniform during expansionwand contraction, besides preventing the end of the spring from coming in contact with the ticket. The screw-pin or bolt c is merely intended for holding the tivo parts of the punch together. Nearly all Vthe friction of the joint will he on the langesfg, thus the pin is less liable to work itself loose than it would it' all the bearing of'the joint-were on it. Besides this, the twofrings form a chamber for the reception oi' the coil spring. Ithus construct a punch, simple, durable, and practicable, all parts of ivhieh are easily made and readilymapplied and removed.

Having thus described my invention .`wl1at I claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is

1. The` concentric bearing-rings or-ilangesfg ot' the joint F, substantially as described for thc purpose specified.

2i The enclosed coiled spring Gr of the joint F, vsubstantially as described for thc-purpose specied.

3. The scat E, in combination with the spring C, substantially asdescribed for the purposespecied.

4. The spiral. spring encircling the stripper a, substantially as and for the purpose described.

5. The construction of the joint, consisting of the circular parts il and corresponding parts d' of the jaws and handles, substantially as described.

j 6. The combination of the flexible cushion described for the purpose specified.

To the above I have signed my naine this fourteenth day of May, 1867.

Dand spring C, applied to the stripper a, substantially as JACOB BECK.

Witnesses: l

J. S. Gorrrnv, WM, T. KENNEDY. 

